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We can saw glass, we can grind it, we can drill it, we can process it

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hot, we have different types of glass with which we work, we work at

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the table, we work on the lathe, it just never gets boring.

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My name is Daniela Einhardt and I work with my laboratory devices,

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glass devices for the research of the scientists here.

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The scientists come to us with a pattern, for example, or with a

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drawing and then we either rebuild it or there are change proposals if

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the pattern does not fit or we work on a drawing, then we discuss what

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it depends on, what requirements the device should have, what purpose

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it fulfills and then we go to work and make it.

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Originally it was really a chemist who developed glass devices from

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his research , with which he could then work and that is exactly what

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is needed in a research facility like the KIT from the beginning, from

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the first day.

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As far as I know, there used to be eight glassblowers here in that

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part, that was a lot.

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The working procedures have changed a bit, so there is no longer quite

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as much glass work as there used to be, but it is still needed.

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We have known each other since training and we haven't worked together

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all the time, but all the years we've been working together here, of

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course you know each other well, you also know what, some have

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preferences or strengths and that really complements each other

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perfectly with us.

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It's a thermal process, it flows, it sometimes has something magical

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and also something meditative and you have to get involved in the

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material and we also notice on some days it just runs, you are in the

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flow with the glass and there are days when something breaks and

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doesn't fit.

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You always have feedback, so you can also see whether you have done

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something well, whether it fits, whether the dimensions are correct or

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not.

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You always see the result of your work directly, that's nice.